MO diagrams for polyatomic molecules by https://padlet.com/tpryce2/mr5mmt787l6pzvt1 en-us 2022-03-29 08:21:31 UTC 2022-03-29 14:19:22 UTC hello@padlet.com Electronic configuration of individual atoms https://padlet.com/tpryce2/mr5mmt787l6pzvt1/wish/2119437256 Determine the electronic configuration of all atoms in the molecule and count all the electrons for all the atoms]]> 2022-03-29 14:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tpryce2/mr5mmt787l6pzvt1/wish/2119437256 Organizing the diagram https://padlet.com/tpryce2/mr5mmt787l6pzvt1/wish/2119442794 Put the most electronegative atom to the right, most electropositive to the left. For more electronegative atom, orbitals will be lower in energy and the bonding orbitals will be closer. For more electropositive, orbitals will be higher in energy and anti-bonding orbitals will be closer.]]> 2022-03-29 14:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tpryce2/mr5mmt787l6pzvt1/wish/2119442794 Determine which orbitals can and cannot interact https://padlet.com/tpryce2/mr5mmt787l6pzvt1/wish/2119446421 Orbitals need to be close enough in energy to each other that they can interact to form bonding/anti-bonding orbitals. If they are too far apart in energy, these would be non-bonding orbitals with lone pairs of electrons.]]> 2022-03-29 14:13:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tpryce2/mr5mmt787l6pzvt1/wish/2119446421 Adding the electrons https://padlet.com/tpryce2/mr5mmt787l6pzvt1/wish/2119451107 Begin filling the non-bonding, bonding, and anti-bonding orbitals with electrons starting with the lowest energy orbitals]]> 2022-03-29 14:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tpryce2/mr5mmt787l6pzvt1/wish/2119451107 Determine symmetry https://padlet.com/tpryce2/mr5mmt787l6pzvt1/wish/2119460822 Determine the symmetry of the orbitals]]> 2022-03-29 14:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tpryce2/mr5mmt787l6pzvt1/wish/2119460822